#deaf media

[bodhrancomedy]

I have a lot of wishes for the internet, but one of them definitely would be increased media literacy - or at least the ability to actually read/listen to what a post actually says before the brain works shut down.

I just got a prep kid radfem accusing me of pushing gender roles and stereotypes on a video where I expressly state that my gender identity doesn’t change and isn’t defined by how I dress or present. I’m sitting right now in a light flowery shirt and bright pink hot pants with free-hanging tits and I’m still a dude.

Is acknowledging that gender stereotypes exist pushing them? How exactly do you want to combat them if you won’t engage with them?

Obviously not confronting the kid because they’re a kid, but at some point you just want to bang your head against a wall and yell “you have a brain, use it! YOU CAN READ SO DO SO.”

[sapphic-boyfriend]

caitlyn stans accusing ppl who don’t like or criticize caitlyn of failing high school english or being a misogynist has genuinely got to be one of the funniest and dumbest things i’ve ever seen.

[mikeslawyer]

i’m so disappointed in noah dear god. putting his stance on the conflict aside, why on earth is he making jokes about it??

‘zion!sm is sexy’ really?? really???

it doesn’t matter that he’s jewish, why is he making jokes about people being murdered? because that’s the reality, this is a war. people get murdered every day. in MASS numbers. making jokes about a literal genocide isn’t funny. it should not be posted with a laughter on social media.

another thing, putting around stickers like this as a white rich american is an incredibly privileged behaviour and i can’t believe he did it. he has a platform, has fans, many of them young and impressionable. making jokes about something that gets thousands of people killed weekly, especially from his stance of being nowhere near the danger of being killed in the middle of this war is just plain tone deaf.

i don’t know what i’ll do with this account, i might be less active and just take a break for a while because i’m just. i don’t know. i didn’t expect him to be this tone deaf. and i’m still hyperfixated on byler and stranger things so i don’t know. anyway war jokes aren’t funny and i can’t believe not everyone agrees.

[loudmound]

getting harder and harder seeing post like these and not typing "kys" in the comments.

[thepersonalwords]

A world without radio is a deaf world. A world without television is a blind world. A world without telephone is a dumb world. A world without communication is indeed a crippled world.

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

[wizardsix]

i guess i have to say it a million times since people insist on being dense: gale is just as much of a victim as the other companions. this isn't the trauma olympics. everyone has been through shit and deserves healing and redemption.

gale is not the self entitled, manipulative abuser people are painting him as. he's a lot of things, but nothing so heinous. he was groomed by a goddess who has a history of preying on wizards that threaten her power, and as a result, gale's ambition and faith was what drove him to discover the netherese orb. what he did was for mystra - in his mind, it was to prove his love by restoring her missing power - and by extension for the betterment of mortals. his actions were never malicious or selfish, in fact he puts himself so low on the priority list it's pretty much non existent. he was never going to use that power to usurp her, but mystra definitely saw it like that, which is why she didn't hesitate to present suicide as his only solution. he never crossed her personal boundaries in the way people are twisting it, he only wanted to cross the boundaries she put on wizards and their power.

people who insist he's all of these things and more clearly only spoke to him once or lack the reading comprehension to see past how much of an unreliable narrator he is. i can understand first impressions might put some people off, but you can say the same about the other companion introductions. i don't like comparing but since people insist on doing it; gale is one of the easiest companions to get along with just by being a good person, yet his honesty and selflessness makes people think he's secretly evil? while the companions with the capacity to be evil don't even try to hide it? how are people being so backwards about this? it's genuinely baffling and tiring to see people continuously spit out incorrect takes all too confidently.

no one is forcing anyone to like him, but it's unfair to completely mischaracterize him because you refuse to learn critical thinking. i promise using your brain is not as scary as it seems, or you can just. not talk about things you don't understand.

[beep-beepster]

I feel like there is a strong correlation to Frank Hubert’s initial subtext with Dune (its islamic religious themes, a premise setting an empire against local populaces, the attention towards ecological developments in desert environments with a bias towards temperate zones from outsiders wanting to “enrich” the land), and all of the recent developments in Gaza and its history, both with the original influences to Hubert’s novel and the timing of a blockbuster adaptation happening while international focus grows towards Palestine, that is going unmentioned outside of the usual jokes and memes

[bunnymaloney-ooc]

*Go with the Flow starts playing*

[skys-archive]

If we ever get an HoO tv show, I would LOVE if they gave Jason albinism. It would just be great to have that representation, especially if it was done well.

It wouldn't need to be a big focus and honestly it would be kind of weird if it was, but just little things. He could wear protective glasses, and maybe have him shielding his eyes if there's a time they get knocked off or he has to remove them.

[sanctuaryblur]

Me omw to try to get more ppl to hc SamnEric as HOH

[thishazeleyeddemon]

Survey Announcement!

Translation:

"Hello, my name is Moth. I am a college student studying research. For my class, I picked information access for the d/Deaf community. Below this video is a link to my survey. If you could complete my survey, I'd be happy. Thank you."

Specifically, I'm interested in accessibility of American news organizations. For more information and to take the survey, please follow the link below. I would appreciate the help so much!

If you have any questions, please reach out to me!

This survey will close April 9th, 2023.

[hollywoodoutbreak]

As a young woman who is both deaf and an amputee, Alaqua Cox would seem to be an unlikely choice to star in a Marvel Cinematic Universe series. But she made a huge impression playing the role of Maya Lopez -- a.k.a. Echo -- on Hawkeye, and she was given a spinoff series, Echo. And her co-star on the show, Vincent D'Onofrio, said she's one of the most incredible actors he's ever worked with.

Echo is currently streaming on Disney+.

[desire-mona]

mona if i were to make you a playlist how long should i aim for? i only ask because i have a habit of making stupidly long playlists (a few nights ago my best friend who moved away from me told me to make him a playlist of what i've been listening to cause i used to play my new music i liked in the car with him but obv now he doesn't drive me anywhere and i was aiming for maybe two hours but it is SIX HOURS LONG SOB) and want to know what kind of listening you like to do :3

idk the one i made u is like 3 hrs long (u never responded to my msg :-( ) so i suppose aim for there but i dont care one way or the other :3

i mean for the past month ive been straight creeking nothing else butttt u can look at some monthly playlists of mine to get a vibe

top 3 from each:

september - falsetto, i made this for you, how to grow a woman from the ground

august - goddamned saint, helena, hey pretty girl time to wake up

july - im not laughing anymore, wrong way, lithonia

june - falling on deaf ears, pirate radio, jackie onassis

i also have a playlist of all my top songs of the year since 2018 (2024 not yet included, top song this year so far is too shy by kajagoogoo)

comprehensive how to make desire mona a spotify playlist guide

[malaysianpeanut]

Seeking Deaf People to Interview for My Research on Deaf Representation in Animation!

Hello to everyone here,

I am looking for people who are deaf or have hearing disabilities to interview for my Master's research. You can be from any background or any country, as long as you can communicate in English and/or Malay.

The objective of this research is I want to know the direct perception from people in the deaf community themselves on their opinion on this issue. The interview, if it's face to face (whether video call or physically) should only be about 30 minutes. Otherwise I am open to doing written interviews through emails if you feel more comfortable with it.

I have yet to get any response yet from this form so I am now expanding my search outside of Malaysia as well. Please help to circulate this and share and reblog this, or if you are the person I am looking for and interested to participate, please fill in this form and I will contact you soon.

Thank you. Please help me out with my Master's research, I appreciate it.

Link to form: https://forms.gle/NHmd6mFUpCD7RYwS7

[podado-t-memes]

Deaf Representation in Media (Image Description Included)

Full Disclosure, I am a Hearing woman so all information in these slides are from online Deaf resources (I linked below), but if anything is inaccurate or needs tweaking please let me know! I’ve also never written out the Image Descriptions so please let me know if I need to fix anything!

[ID 1: Four hands using ASL to spell out “Deaf.” The background has various still images of people signing “I love you,” Fingerspelling “Hawkeye,” and a title card from a show reading “The Boy from 6B.”

Then reads “Representation in Media” / end ID1]

[ID 2: Stock Photo of mother and child with Hearing Aids.

There is a statistical chart in the bottom left corner that reads “New Study of Hearing Loss among US adults aged 20 to 69. Who has hearing loss? 14% of adults aged 20-69 in 2011-2012. Prevalence of hearing loss has declined slightly from about 16% in 1999-2004.”

The caption around the picture reads “What is Representation? Representation is the portrayal of another culture or people/person in media that is done respectfully and not stereotyped.

Why is Deaf representation so important? Approximately 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss (Hearing Loss Association of America). Good Deaf and Hard of Hearing Representation can be very validating to those in the community because they can see themselves in these characters. Accurate representation can be educational for people outside the Deaf community to learn more about it in a non-stereotyped way.” / end ID 2]

[ID 3: Photo of the National Association of the Deaf logo.

The caption over the logo reads “ According to the National Association for the Deaf (NDA) proper media portrait of deafness should include:

The production should be accessible. Clear cooperation between Deaf individuals and all media personnel, interpreters, etc.

All terminology, when referring to Deaf or Hard of Hearing people, should be up-to date and not offensive.

All descriptions of Deaf individuals should be based on the people’s personalities and not be patronizing by including terms like they are “overcoming,” “inspiring,” “special,” etc.

Media should listen to the knowledge and ideas from those in the Deaf or Hard of Hearing communities, and not from those outside the community (even if meant well).

Media should make conscious steps to work with the other groups a Deaf individual might be part of such as other cultures, religions, ethnicities, sexualities, etc.

All media should be made accessible and available for all Deaf and Hard of Hearing folks.

/End ID 3]

[ID 4: In the Background is the poster for the movie “Coda.” Four people are looking into the camera and holding up the sign for “I love you.”

The caption over the poster reads “Recently, there has been an increase in the general public’s interest in Deaf stories with the success of the Movie “CODA” (2021)... But we still have a long way to go with Deaf Rep…” /end ID 4]

[ID 5: The image shows two sheets taken from the Deaf West theater. One shows What TV genres see the most and least Deaf representation? While the other is on what types of Deaf characters have hearing audiences seen represented in media.

At the top the caption reads “According to NRG and the Deaf West Theater…”

The caption below the charts reads “Depending on the type or genre of media an individual consumes may determine how much exposure they get to seeing Deaf people represented.

Even within the already small portion of Deaf people represented, there are even smaller subsections of minorities shown less in the Media.” /end ID 5]

[ID 6: The screen shot is of the NRG webpage article “NRG and Deaf West Theatre release roundtable film on Deaf representation”

The caption above the image reads “Linked below is a video from NRG and The Deaf West Theater where they are interviewing Deaf people in the creative industry (Writers, directors, actors, ect.) talking about their experiences with and the state of Deaf representation in today’s media. https://www.nrgmr.com/our-thinking/entertainment/nrg-and-deaf-west-theatre-release-roundtable-film-on-deaf-representation/” /end ID 6]

[ID 7: Caption at the top reads “Good examples of Deaf representation!”

Below we have pictures of 4 different Deaf characters. On the top left is Theo from Only Murders in the Building. Top right is Jackie from Craig of the creek. Bottom left is Marvel comics Hawkeye. And on the bottom left is Daphne from Switched at birth. /end ID 7]

[ID 8: Caption at the top reads “My personal favorite… Linda Bove (Sesame street from 1971-2002)”

Below the caption are 16 pictures of Linda throughout her time while on sesame street. Mostly she is with her co-star Bob. /end ID 8]

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